IW

IWM ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 ETF

2026Q2 · CUSIP 464287655 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
2,748
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+155
Last quarter 2,593 → now 2,748
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 99% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

2,748 funds held IWM at the end of 2026Q2, up 155 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 98.7% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. IWM has had 27 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=660 2013Q4: holders=757 2014Q1: holders=771 2014Q2: holders=769 2014Q3: holders=746 2014Q4: holders=876 2015Q1: holders=867 2015Q2: holders=875 2015Q3: holders=844 2015Q4: holders=951 2016Q1: holders=890 2016Q2: holders=914 2016Q3: holders=925 2016Q4: holders=1082 2017Q1: holders=1080 2017Q2: holders=1082 2017Q3: holders=1095 2017Q4: holders=1254 2018Q1: holders=1236 2018Q2: holders=1266 2018Q3: holders=1306 2018Q4: holders=1401 2019Q1: holders=1372 2019Q2: holders=1366 2019Q3: holders=1384 2019Q4: holders=1604 2020Q1: holders=1440 2020Q2: holders=1473 2020Q3: holders=1480 2020Q4: holders=1747 2021Q1: holders=1823 2021Q2: holders=1816 2021Q3: holders=1816 2021Q4: holders=2040 2022Q1: holders=1941 2022Q2: holders=1858 2022Q3: holders=1853 2022Q4: holders=1980 2023Q1: holders=1911 2023Q2: holders=1966 2023Q3: holders=1921 2023Q4: holders=2219 2024Q1: holders=2213 2024Q2: holders=2165 2024Q3: holders=2255 2024Q4: holders=2535 2025Q1: holders=2363 2025Q2: holders=2370 2025Q3: holders=2438 2025Q4: holders=2616 2026Q1: holders=2593 2026Q2: holders=2748 -298 -149 +0 +149 +298 59417402886 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 27 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5% — —
2025Q4 Top 5% — —
2025Q3 Top 5% — —
2024Q4 Top 1% in the market — —
2024Q3 Top 5% — —
2023Q4 Top 1% in the market — —
2023Q2 Top 5% — —
2022Q4 Top 5% — —

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
237
Change in large funds
+28
Total value they hold
$83.9B
Funds buying for the first time
293
Funds that sold out entirely
138
Price change that quarter
—
Funds holding puts (bearish)
157
Funds holding calls (bullish)
83

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.